Mathania (butterfly)
Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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Mathania is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.[1][2]
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| Mathania leucothea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini |
| Genus: | Mathania Oberthür, 1890 |
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Hesperocharis C. Felder, 1862.[3]
Species
- Mathania agasicles (Hewitson, 1874)
- Mathania aureomaculata (Dognin, 1888)
- Mathania carrizoi Giacomelli, 1914
- Mathania leucothea (Molina, 1782)
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